Funding search · EIN 300040386 · Chicago, IL
Colonel (Il) James N Pritzker
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 350
- grants reported
- $26.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Seti Institute3 grants · $2.3M
- Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $2.1M
- Operation White Stork3 grants · $1.7M
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $1.7M
- Loyola University Chicago3 grants · $1.5M
- Tulane University3 grants · $1.4M
- Lincoln Park Zoo1 grant · $1.4M
- Pritzker Military Foundation3 grants · $1.3M
- Howard Brown Health Center3 grants · $705,000
- University of Minnesota Foundation3 grants · $589,480
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 350 grants.
- $1.6M
Operation White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General support
- $1.4M
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $1.1M
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $1.0M
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $1.0M
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $985,000
Seti Institute · Mountain View, CA · 2023
General support
- $710,000
Seti Institute · Mountain View, CA · 2022
General support
- $700,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $700,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $606,520
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General support
- $580,122
Seti Institute · Mountain View, CA · 2024
General support
- $525,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
- $483,752
Pritzker Military Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Salaries/benefits & general office expenses
- $429,006
Pritzker Military Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Salaries/benefits & general office expenses
- $419,450
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
- $406,884
Pritzker Military Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Salary/benefits & general office expenses
- $299,994
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General support
- $295,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $275,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $255,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Glad (Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders) · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $230,000
World Pediatrics · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support
- $211,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Philander Smith College · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $200,000
Philander Smith College · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General support
- $187,500
Michael D Palm Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $175,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support
- $175,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
- $164,205
American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support
- $160,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Whitman-Walker Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $150,000
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $150,000
The Williams Institute UCLA School of Law · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $149,280
World Pediatric Project · Richmond, VA · 2022
General support
- $144,906
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $140,000
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $135,000
World Pediatric Project · Richmond, VA · 2023
General support
- $130,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $112,500
The UCLA Foundation Dba the Williams Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
- $112,237
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $105,469
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $105,000
Equality Illinois Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $101,000
American Red Cross of Tennessee River · Clarksville, TN · 2023
General support
- $101,000
Fort Campbell Historical Foundation · Fort Campbell, KY · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction of America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Family Tree Clinic · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Injustice Watch Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Eagle River Historical Society · Eagle River, WI · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Equality Ohio Education Fund · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Family Tree Clinic · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Operation White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Eagle River Historical Society · Eagle River, WI · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Family Tree Clinic · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Philander Smith College · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $100,000
The Chicago Parks Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2022
General support
- $93,500
Northwoods Children'S Museum · Eagle River, WI · 2024
General support
- $93,500
Northwoods Children'S Museum · Eagle River, WI · 2023
General support
- $88,340
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $85,000
Evanston History Center · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
- $80,000
Evanston History Center · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
- $80,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $80,000
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $76,000
A Silver Lining Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
General support
- $75,000
New York Stage and Film · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Northfield Food Pantry · Glenview, IL · 2024
General support
- $75,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Healthy Schools Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Women'S Business Development Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $72,000
Senior Eagle River Volunteer Enterprises · Eagle River, WI · 2023
General support
- $65,000
Illinois Executive Mansion Association · Springfield, IL · 2023
General support
- $62,500
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $60,500
Equality Illinois Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $60,000
International Rescue Committee (Irc) · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · Hagerstown, NY · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Chicago Math and Science Academy (Cmsa) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $60,000
International Rescue Committee (Irc) · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $60,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA (Drs Without Borders) · Hagerstown, NY · 2023
General support
- $60,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $55,000
Equality Illinois Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Equality Ohio Education Fund · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Kenosha Community Foundation · Bristol, WI · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Lincoln Park Zoo Women'S Board · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
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